neither did abraham. this was important and early 19th century america because we were a nation of alcoholics. , a mantor in new york named stephen mitchell, who eventually became a u.s. senator, he said workingmen drank a quart of hard liquor week. part of this was because the water was simply not to be trusted, not in cities, not in rural communities. or otherank applejack distilled liquors, if you could get them. but people also drank because they liked it, and they drank much too much and it led to a lot of rowdiness, a lead to fighting, it led to casual violence. and this was something neither thomas nor abraham lincoln participated in. that was the second important inheritance. the most important though, was the thomas lincoln was a great storyteller. and we know this from the testimony of two cousins of abraham on his mother's side area digger up with the lincoln family, john hanks and dennis hanks. and one of them said, years after abraham lincoln was famous, one of them said thomas lincoln was as

and they took one or two exposures of abraham lincoln's deathbed. i consider that for the graph to -- photograph to be the most vivid and shocking historical photo in american history. no one knows why they did it. they never try to commercialize it. it is an incredible and touching relic of the mayhem of what happened in this room that night. one interesting thing, even though a photograph was taken in this room shortly after lincoln's body was taken out, or some reason, we haven't discovered any period photographs from 1865 taken of the peterson house after the assassination. took photographs of the stable where booth kept his horses. they photograph other places associated with the assassination, but for some reason, photographers the net -- did not set up their cameras outside of the peterson house and take photos. it is a bit of a historical mystery. i have looked for decades to find period photographs taken of the peterson house, but haven't found any. no one i know has found that he. sort of a lingering mystery of the assassination. backte vo

and bed upon which abraham lincoln died sold for $50. which was eight or 10 times what it should have cost as simply a bit. huntery souvenir recognized the value of the materials in this house and bought a number of things, including the deathbed and some of the other relics from this back room. that bed was later purchased for $100,000 and it is now in chicago at the old chicago historical society. the petersen house had an interesting history. it was not immediately ceased upon. -- as an important national monument. peterson moved back in after a few days, it became a boarding house. who, a visionary historian loved abraham lincoln and was obsessed with honoring lincoln, occupied this house. and he created a lincoln museum in the basement and in these rooms. and for a small price, visitors from all over the country could come to the house where lincoln died, and come to this room. over decades, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of americans came and visited this room. it was not until decades later that the national park service

abraham haley barrow is a camera man and a filmmaker his films have won international awards because there was no film school and if your peer he studied in the netherlands now he wants to teach young filmmakers in his home country. i wish the interview macadam to create up the quality of see my hears that young talent. because there is no seema school here at all so for me is very important that the young talent. can learn what it is and that i can support a little bit after a year of initial training the students can choose their major cinematography screen writing directing or editing abraham has already trained more than one hundred forty up and coming filmmakers at his own expense the school does not receive any state support the television academy is financed by myself so i paid r.'s zero pm to see what a graph from. my school does my problem is equipment because i need space around the percent income tax for the equipment. with no way of promoting the films and high taxes the f.p.o. pay and government makes it difficult for filmmakers to do their work in this increasingly auth

the abraham lincoln institute 21st annual symposium. i want to thank, first of all, all of the abraham lincoln institute, our co-presenters and partners on this and i want to thank all of our presenters and speakers for making today possible. ife of you may be wondering you will be dropping in on kansas, and yes. this is from our production of "the wiz," which serves as the backdrop of our symposium. for those of you who are not aficionados, but also theater aficionados, i hope you will come back and see the production that runs through may 12. the box office has all of the information if you want to join us on that. there is bottled water only. the wristband will serve as your ticket for the full day of admission. you'll also great you admission museum ind's theatre the basement, which i think most of you know, as artifacts related to president lincoln. there'll be time for questions after each presentation. c-span is filming, therefore we ask you to use these microphones in the aisle. if you just try to speak from your seat, you will

debbie abrahams corn - letel out. people, and now she says she has been bullied by the top people in labour? yes. i understand there was a meeting on friday between debbie abrahams and people from jeremy corbyn‘s office, where this was discussed. during the course of the weekend, both sides are worked out what should happen next. clearly it is the hope of the labour party that debbie abrahams would step aside sort of quietly and allow the investigation to happen. for whatever reason, the manner in which that conversation happened and the action decided, clearly upset debbie abrahams. she feels she has been treated unjustly and this has exploded. it context last which will announced last month, which will come into effect announced last month, which will come into efiect% announced last month, which will come into effect % this announced last month, which will come into efiect% this is a come into effect shortly. this is a very pertinent issue right now in westminster. labour clearly feel they have acted appropriately. w

god bless abraham lincoln. in the president's hometown of springfield, a scandalized democratic editor asked rhetorically, are not such scenes at the white house disgusting? when will the white people of this country awake to the sense of shame that the dominant party is bringing upon us by the establishment of social equality of the negro? the "milwaukee daily news" deplored quote the fact that the negros flocked to the white house. so now we have three examples of black people coming to the white house. after the new years 1865 reception, the ban on black guests was reinstituted at white house levies, at least those given by mrs. lincoln. s so adjourner truth was turned away. a white woman who was present at that event recorded in her diary that the famous african-american grandmother abolitionist, quote, went with captain george cars, but the policeman would not allow her to go in to see the president and first lady. when i went in, she was sitting in the anti room waiting for the captain to comp out. when i

debbie abrahams claims this is the result of bullying.ting, and aggressive behaviour. the focus of her higher we re behaviour. the focus of her higher were people in thejeremy corbyn's office, said that over the last ten months, they had behaved in intimidating way and work demonstrating behaviour of the worst bullying kind. she is now making a formal complaint to both the labour party and the parliamentary authorities. this concerns complaints made by more than two people. the liver party want this investigated, not within the whip's office, but within the labour pa rty‘s own hr office, but within the labour party's own hr structures. they clearly wa nted party's own hr structures. they clearly wanted to debbie abrahams to step aside voluntarily, but this erupted, and there has now been a huge following out between the debbie abrahams and jeremy corbyn's home office. has there been any further reaction from jeremy corbyn's office? no further reaction either from the labour party or debbie abrahams this morning. i imagine this will now go

next, michael burlingame, author of abraham lincoln: a life. he talks about the president's treatment of african-americans visiting the white house, and those he met during his travels. this is about 50 minutes. >>> my name is gordon leidner, i'm on the board of the abraham lincoln institute, and i am also very much an admirer of the scholarly works of our next speaker. michael burlingame holds the chancellor ni chancellor -- where he joined the faculty in 2009 after teaching for 33 years at connecticut college in new london. he was born and raised in washington, d.c. he wouldn't give me the exact date. but he did say it was slightly after the famously unfortunate event in this theater. he is a graduate of princeton and johnson hopkins universities, at both of which he studied under david herbert donald. his books include "abraham lincoln, a life," also known as the green monster. "the inner world of abraham lincoln," also called shrinken lincoln." lincoln and the civil war," and primary source materials, among them the diary of john hay, the l

the monument portrays abraham lincoln as the great emancipator. douglass complicated that portrayal of lincoln. according to douglass, lincoln had been preeminently the white man's president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. i know this is opposite from what professor burlingame quoted. he said both lincoln is the white man's president, and also preeminently the black man's president. at the dedication he said lincoln had preeminently been the white man's president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. douglass recalled during the early years of the civil war, lincoln had been willing to deny, postpone and sacrificed the rights of humanity of the colored people to promote the welfare of the white people of this country. douglass asserted from a genuine abolition of perspective, lakin seemed hearty, cold, dull and a different. for decades prior to the civil war, douglass and other abolitionist demanded the immediate end throughout the united states. lincoln had at best opposed the extension of slavery into the country's wester

there is correspondence between having abraham. he is living with thomas lincoln, they keep asking him for money. , heoln sends it to him writes occasionally. why are you just scratching , it is a really rough phrase. what kind of a life is this? it is the life lincoln rejected. he wanted to make something of himself. he wanted to get into politics. he was thinking has step brother and father, what kind of a life of a leading? it is painful correspondence to read. i think for him it was envy. he didn't want anyone to be closer to lincoln than he was. he also hated children. i am sure that they did. lincoln as a father just let them do whatever grade he wanted -- he wouldposite just let them do whatever. he wanted to do the opposite. they all died young, some of them very on. i will say this. in the four following situations and you can make one call to a founding father, i know the one you will call. broketuation is you are and you need $10,000 right away. you have just been taken to the emergency room, you have just been arrested,

his books include "abraham lincoln: a life," also known as the green monster. [laughter] "the inner world of abraham lincoln," also called shrinking lincoln. war," andnd the civil a dozen volumes of primary related source materials, among them the gyre he of -- diary of john hey, the letters of john g , all white house secretaries. spring, his next book will be published, which is entitled "15th president in waiting: the springfield dispatches of henry millard, 1860-1861." and there is more. he is also working on a book about the lincoln's marriage, and as we will learn today, another about lincoln and african-americans. ist but not least, michael not only a prolific researcher and writer, but he is a very asxible by as well -- guy well. for those of you who have not heard, michael was kind enough to volunteer to take richard carmody and place today when he had to make a last-minute cancellation. so please join me in a heart -- heartfelt thank you and welcome to michael burling date. -- michael burling game. [applause] dr. burlingame: good morning. it is still

the monument portrays abraham lincoln as the great emancipator. douglas in his address complicated that portrayal of lincoln. according to douglas, lincoln had been preeminently the white man's president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. and i know this is opposite from what professor burlingame quoted douglass as saying, he said "both the lincoln is preemine preeminently the white man's president and also preeminentedly black man's president." but at the dedication of this memorial he said lincoln had been preeminently the white man's president, devoted to the welfare of white men. douglas recalled during the early years of the civil war lincoln had been willing to deny, postpone and sockry nice t -- sacrifice the rights of the humanity of colored people to promote the welfare of the white people in this country. douglas asserted that from a genuine abolition perspective, lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent. dougl douglas -- douglass and other abolitionists had demanded the immediate end of slavery in the united states.

my guest abraham hamberg.sing political star, speaker of the israeli knesset and even acting as president for a short time in the summer of 2000 and now he is out on the fringe labeled by many a gadfly pointing an accusing finger at israel for failing to bring peace and equal rights to this part of the middle east. his new book "in days to come, a new hope for israel" is his account of his personal journey from zionist true believer to modern-day jeremiah. abraham berg, welcome to the program. >> thank you very much. >> is that all right? is that where you stand? you are a true believer and you helped create the state of israel and now you have turned against this with a vengeance. >> well -- >> yes. >> i don't have these kind of emotions. i'm not angry. i have a lot of hopes. i mean, i see the problems. i'm upset with the political situation. i wait for some kind of of a gappy inspiration in our region and somebody to come with a vocabulary and syntax of peace with an iconic conflict and yet at the same time

next, michael burlingame author of "abraham lincoln: a life." [indiscernible conversations]

next, michael burling game, author of abraham lincoln, a life. he talks about the president's treatment of african-americans visiting the white house and those he met during his travels. this is about 50 minutes. >> i'm privileged to introduce our next speaker, dr. william c. harris. bill harris is professor emeritus of history at north carolina state university. a native of alabama, and on his b.a. degree in alabama in 1954. he remembers seeing legendary alabama football coach bear bryant for his early morning practice, but

the abraham lincoln institute 21st annual symposium.

next, michael burling game, author of abraham lincoln, a life. he talks about the president's treatment of african-americans visiting the white house and those he met during his travels. this is about 50 minutes. >> i'm privileged to introduce our next speaker, dr. william c. harris. bill harris is professor emeritus of history at north carolina state university. a native of alabama, and on his b.a. degree in alabama in 1954. he remembers seeing legendary alabama football coach bear bryant for his early morning practice, but he was always too intimidated to approach the legendary coach. after serving in the air force, he returned to tuscaloosa and earned his doctorate in 1965. hes teaching took him to north carolina state where he served as chair of the department of history. whether administering or teaching or both, his scholarship has never stalled. he's the author of 14 books and numerous essays on the civil war. several of these books relate to lincoln. among them, with charity for all, lincoln and the restoration of the union, which won the

debbie abrahams herself vehemently denies it.ple have died, after the helicopter they were travelling in, crashed into the east river in new york last night. police say the pilot managed to free himself, and was pulled out of the water by rescuers. he‘s now left hospital. an investigation will be held to determine the cause of the crash. the former commander of the uk‘s maritime forces says britain‘s ability to "fight and win on the frontline" was being affected by budget cuts. rear admiral alex burton said the uk is at risk of losing its status as a "credible military power". he‘s the latest in a long line of senior military figures to call for more spending on defence. the government said spending is growing to meet ever changing threats. the former liverpool footballer, jamie carragher, has apologised, after a video of him spitting at a girl in a carfrom his own vehicle was released. it happened while he drove back from the liverpool and manchester united match on saturday. on twitter he said he had been "goaded three or four

the abraham lincoln institute and ford's theater society hosted a symposium on abraham lincoln's life career and legacy. including a discussion about president lincoln and the relations with the cabinet and congress in 1862, from professor william harris. "american history tv" prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. c-span thr c-spa c-span3. this sunday on 1968, america in turmoil, and civil rights and race relations and our guests are the former black panther and emery university law school lecture kathleen pernill and also joseph jalil who spoke of black panther days to black knights. and watch 1968, america in turmoil, live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span's washington journal and american history tv on c-span3. >> for nearly 20 years in depth has featured the nation's best known nonfiction writers for live conversations about the books. this year as a special project, we are featuring best selling fiction writers for the monthly program fiction addition, and join us live sunday at noonest eern with walter mosley, and the most recent book is "down to the river unto the se

also last night, debbie abrahams put out an excoriating statement.'s office, completely denying she had taken part in any bullying. she denied she had volunteered to step aside. she said the claims were spurious. she said that some in the labour leader's office had behaved aggressively, in an intimidating and wholly unprofessional way. she said it showed the bullying culture at westminster at its worst. it has been an extraordinary falling out. she will make a formal complaint to the labour party and the parliamentary authorities about this. whatever has actually occurred, and there will be an investigation into what is going on, considering how much we have been talking about the bullying culture of parliament recently, this has been handled clumsily. that is safe to say. separately, the government is having to a nswer separately, the government is having to answer an urgent question by a backbench mp this afternoon on the broader claims around the bullying culture in parliament. thank you very much. ben wright. the authorities in nepal say a9 peopl

the monument portrays abraham lincoln as the great e mans raft. douglas and his address complicated that portrayal of lincoln. according to douglas, lincoln had been preimmaterial innocently the white man's president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. i know this is opposite from what professor quoted douglas as saying, he said both listen con is preimminently the white and black man's president. but at the dedication of this memorial, he said lincoln had been the white man's president entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. douglas recalled during the earlier years of the civil war, lincoln had been willing to deny, postpone and sacrifice the life in the colored people to promote the white people of the this country. douglas asserted from a genuine per spect lincoln seemed tardy, dull and indifferent. for decades prior to the civil war, douglas and other abolitionists had demanded the immediate end of slavery throughout the united states. lincoln had at best imposed slavery into the western territories. during civil war's first

i do not approve of negro citizenship in any and every form. [ cheers and applause ] >> abraham lincolncated relationship to the institution of slavery. we wouldn't call him a radical abolitionist by any stretch of the imagination. we would call him, perhaps, a gradualist. >> i have no purpose to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. but there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights in the declaration of independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. he is my equal. he is the equal of judge douglas and of every living man. [ cheers and applause ] >> lincoln has a way of expressing these things with a clarity that is notable to his contemporaries, and he's the one who steps up and says, "i'll stand for the senate in opposition to douglas." >> lincoln is unable to unseat douglas, and the democrats maintain a strong pro-slavery presence in congress. convinced that slavery can only be eliminated by force, john brown takes the fight into the south. >> with these, we shall end the curse of sl

i do not approve of negro citizenship in any and every form. [ cheers and applause ] >> abraham lincolnd relationship to the institution of slavery. we wouldn't call him a radical abolitionist by any stretch of the imagination. we would call him, perhaps, a gradualist. >> i have no purpose to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. but there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights in the declaration of independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. he is my equal. he is the equal of judge douglas and of every living man. [ cheers and applause ] >> lincoln has a way of expressing these things with a clarity that is notable to his contemporaries, and he's the one who steps up and says, "i'll stand for the senate in opposition to douglas." >> lincoln is unable to unseat douglas, and the democrats maintain a strong pro-slavery presence in congress. convinced that slavery can only be eliminated by force, john brown takes the fight into the south. >> with these, we shall end the curse of slaver

next, michael burlingame, author of "abraham lincoln: a life." he talks about

the abraham lincoln institute and fords theater society hosted a symposium on abraham lincoln's life, career and legacy including a discussion about president lincoln and his relations with his cabinet and congress in 1862. that's from university of new hampshire professor william harris. american history tv in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, saturday at 9:20 p.m. on c-span, a debate by a same-sex couple against a colorado bakery for refusing to make their wedding cake from the national constitution center in philadelphia, and sunday at 6:30 p.m., daniel mark, chairman of the u.s. commission on international religious freedom on the current state of religious liberty in the u.s. a and around the world. saturday on book tv and c-span2 at 10:00 p.m. eastern and james swanson talks with jesse holland about events leading up to the assassination of martin luther king jr., and saturday at 10:00 p.m., second laty karen pence and her daughter charlotte share the story of their family's pet rabbit marlon bundo, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on

at ford's theater for its symposium on abraham lincoln's life and legacy. up next, walter star, author of stanton, lincoln's war secretary. this is american history tv on c-span3. >> while we wait for this segment to begin, reminding you you can watch all of our coverage of the abraham lincoln life and legacy symposium any time by visiting our website, c-span.org/history. there you can find our tv schedule and view any programs in their entirety.

they called abraham lincoln abraham africanos the first. they invented the term, we believe the very word race mixing was invented in the winter of 1864 in this claim by a democratic newspaper, "the new york world" that the republican party was running such a campaign, that its ultimate goal was race mixing. they put out cartoons, they put out lithographs of balls being held in northern cities. so you got kind of a scared -- even william h.seward publicly backed away from abolition and said that may be just a matter of what the courts decide. that's always a resort for some politicians. we won't have to, the courts will decide. whatever that meant. the courts, of course, in america in the middle of the civil war, were the most discredited institution in the government because of the dredd-scott case. they wouldn't let him campaign for lincoln. they didn't want him on the stump. they will after the war and douglass will stump for every republican candidate from grant to the end of his life. the republicans managed to narrowly win. now, befor

so if you just think of abraham's god's covenant with abraham, i will be your god, and you will be my people, and this will be a blessing to all the peoples of the earth. you know, the jews have a hard deal. as you know, right? because they're the chosen people. turns out that's hard duty, you know? lot goes wrong when you're the chosen people and much is expected of you, right? but once you've got that kind of idea that there is one god for every human being and christianity is very radical about this, because jesus, you know, everybody's god, the path to salvation is through me, and my kingdom is not of this world. that means judaism is a universal religion, and it's a political religion, it gives a law, but it only gives the laws to the jews, see? they're the ones who have to bear to burden, right? whereas, in christianity, there are no courts, judges, no legislatures appointed, so you still have government, you have to have government, people are made in their nature to live under law, but now there has to be a limit on the law. the law can't mess with your religion or your consci

why looking at abraham lincoln? all i could think of was to tell him the story that my grandfather had told me about his great grandfather's house over the front door was across it over the back door was a picture of abraham lincoln. and from the moment i realized how far i had come from edison park the dam was leaving to go to scotland is a day i will forever remember packing my suitcases heavy and heart knowing perhaps this opportunity is great as it was would not allow me to see my grandparents live out their lives one of them would probably surely die while i was away. this couple who had given so much to me in such a sacrifice to my development and growth so i finished packing my grandmother came in and said to me you need to come out there is a lot of noise outside. i went out to the back porch i swear all of medicine park was there all the people that had given me jobs on the side to save money for college, the retired teachers who to me every day after school the minister at the baptist church and my ministe

where you looking at abraham lincoln? all i could think of was to tell him the story that my grandfather had told me about his early visits to his great grandfather's house. that over the front door was across and over the back door was a picture of abraham lincoln. for a moment i realized how far i had come from madison park. the day i was leaving for scotland is when i will always remember. knowing that perhaps this opportunity is great as it was would not allow the opportunity to see my grandparents live out their lives. one of them would probably die while i was way can i abandon this couple limit so much to me to meet such a sacrifice for my own development and growth? taking those thoughts my grandmother came in and said to me, you need to come out. there's a lot of noise outside. i went out to the back porch and i swear all of madison park was there. all the people who gave me little jobs on the side to help save money for college. the retired teachers who tutored me every day after school. the minister of the bapt

why are you looking at abraham lincoln. all i could think of was to tell him the story that my grandfather had told me about his early visits to his great grandfather's house, that over the front door with a cross and over the back door with a picture of abraham lincoln and for a moment i realized how far i hav get come from madison par. the day that i was leaving to go to scotland is one that i will never remember. i was packing my suitcase is a bit heavy knowing that perhaps this opportunity as great as it was was not allow me the opportunity to see my grandparents live out their lives but one of them surely would probably die while i was away. could i abandon this couple that has meant so much to me and made such itmade such a sacrifice foy developing growth. thinking those thoughts and hurrying into the house to finish packing my grandmother came in and said to me you need to come out, there is a lot of noise outside. all of the people that had given me jobs on the side to help me save for college, the retired teachers

they called abraham lincoln abraham africanus the first. they called him the miscegenation or in chief. the very word of miscegenation, or race mexico, was invented in november of 1864 by "the new york world," that the republican party was running a miscegenation campaign, that its ultimate goal was race mixing. and they put out cartoons, they put out lithographs of miscegenation balls being held in northern cities. so you have got to -- you have got a scared republic. even we make seward, lincoln's secretary of state, publicly backed away from abolition and said, that may just be a matter of what the courts decide. that's always a resort for some politicians. the courts will decide, whatever that means. and the courts, of course in america in the middle of the civil war, where the most discredited institution in the government because of the dread scott case -- the dred scott case. they wouldn't let douglass campaign for lincoln. they didn't want him on the stump. they would come after the war. douglass would stump for every republican can

may your house be destroyed wasn't perhaps the best way to enhance his cause my guest this week is abraham currie she palestinian ambassador to the u.n. here in geneva his government once a middle east peace conference but does he seriously think anyone will show up.

she's a little bit different i've noticed abraham lincoln or not there well you know when those up last but not least my larger than life. the night an aspiring star rio. with all the drama happening in our country i'm hitting the road to have some fun. meet every day americans call me. what's america. and see how things go. i was make the. right thing to cook for the store to bridge the gap this is the great american pill. tell yo yo yo yo dude you go there to be the best. part of the government's teamwork you know we got it what did the whole boston harbor thing right. i do believe there is a teapot here waiting us maxwell. it's the final stretch of the pilgrimage in our heroes have set their sights on having a boston tea party of their own max is nearly escaped being left in the past and stephen is kept alive his unrealistic expectations of a bar which. are tight place to end. this most part part of the absent from. must be. part of it with no word back from the master node stephen does his best to convince producers why the pilgrimage needs a barge and with the day winding down our

are you looking at in abraham lincoln? all i could think of was to tell him the story that my grandfather had told me about his early visits to his great-grandfather's house and over the front door was a cross and over the backdoor was a picture of abraham lincoln. for a moment i realized how far i had come from madison park. the day that i was leaving to go to scotland was one that i will forever remember. i was having my suitcase is a bit heavy of heart knowing that her hats, just perhaps this opportunity would not allow me to the opportunity to see my grandparents live out their lives. one of them surely with probably died while i was away. could i abandon this couple that it meant so much to me and made such a sacrifice for my own development and growth? hurrying into the house to finish packing my grandmother came in and she said to me you need to come out. there is a lot of noise outside. i went out to the back porch and i swear all of madison park was there. all the people who had done jobs on the site to help me sa

so in 1864, abraham lincoln was reelected. if he had not been reelected and lost, then that would have signaled that the union, the will of the union to continue the civil war had diminished and there might very well have been a negotiated peace, but the fact that lincoln won made very clear that this war was going to be fought to the finish. so, there's an example of, as soon as the outcome of the election was known, it was very clear that this was important, but these elections are almost always elections where a president is up for reelection because these are the elections that actually stand in as refer da for the performance of a president. another one that is, i think, sometimes overlooked is the election, well, the election, not reelection, but the election of lyndon johnson in 1964. because johnson had just been instrumental in passing the most controversial piece of legislation in 100 years. the civil rights acts of 1964 and if johnson could get elected in his own right and not just elected, but overwhelmingly electe